MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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